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Table 3 Selected questions from quantitative study

From: Exploring strategies to reach individuals of Turkish and Moroccan origin for health checks and lifestyle advice: a mixed-methods study

A health check:

Information concerning CVD:

• In the future, a new health check will be provided that is scientifically tested. The check starts with a questionnaire. From your answers, it may emerge, for example, that you have an elevated risk of getting diabetes and/or cardiovascular diseases. If so, then you will be advised to visit your GP for further investigation. Would you like to participate in this new health check?

  □ Yes, definitely

  □ Yes, maybe

  □ No, probably not

  □ No, definitely not

If ‘Yes, definitely’ or ‘Yes, maybe’:

• By whom would you prefer to be invited for this check?

  □ GP

  □ Specialist/hospital

  □ Municipal institution/Community health service

  □ Other

  □ Don’t know

• Where would you like to fill out this questionnaire?

  □ At GP’s office

  □ At the specialist’s/in the hospital

  □ At community health service

  □ At other medical healthcare provider

  □ In the community centre

  □ In the mosque

  □ At home, with pen and paper

  □ Via internet

  □ Other

  □ No preference

• Suppose that you are interested in information about CVD, where would you get that information? Mention two most important information sources.

  □ GP

  □ Specialist/hospital

  □ Community health service

  □ Dutch Heart Foundation

  □ Internet

  □ Library

  □ Other

• What is the preferred way of communicating information about CVD?

  □ Written via brochure/paper

  □ Internet

  □ Oral in a group

  □ Oral in person

  □ Television

  □ Other

• Do you want to receive the information about CVD in Dutch or your native language?

  □ Prefer Dutch

  □ Prefer native language

  □ Does not matter

• Suppose that a person provides information about CVD.Do you consider it important that this person:

…is a physician/doctor?

…is of the same ethnic origin?

…is of the same gender?

  □ Very important

  □ A little important

  □ Not important

  □ Not important at all